Annual General Meeting coming up!

 You are warmly invited to attend the Association's AGM.

This year we're holding our AGM online, using Zoom on the evening of Wednesday 24th November at 7:30 pm

Holding an AGM now is necessary to comply with our constitution, which requires an AGM be held within thirteen months of the last one. Regrettably we are not able to arrange to hold an in-person meeting at this time. We do intend to hold our next AGM in person in the spring of 2022, to get back to our usual routine.
 
The agenda and draft minutes from 2020 are avaialble to download from this link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1na0EzmMuje65TvUVKK0dwGrM7zs8Wb6G/view?usp=sharing

We intend to send out the audited accounts balance sheet and the Chair's Report before the meeting.   

If you would like to attend this Zoom meeting, please reply to Association scarcroftallotments@live.co.uk to let us know.  We will then forward you the necessary link and joining information.

We are always pleased to welcome members onto the committee.  If you are interested in joining the committee, please let us know.

Logs and saplings

As a result of some tree work on the site, there are a lot of sycamore logs near the top of the site: the majority are stacked neatly alongside the path that runs along the back of Wentworth Road, and there are a few more stacked just above the point where this path meets the main path that runs diagonally through the site.  If you have a use for these logs, please help yourselves!

Early autumn is a good time to check for any self-sown tree saplings in your hedges or on your plot.  Most of these are ash or sycamore, and if they're left to develop, they will cast unwanted shade and reduce the growing potential of your allotment where the roots spread.  Cutting these saplings now while they're small will save you major (and potentially very expensive!) problems in the future.  Once you have cut any saplings down, check the stumps every year for spindly re-growth, which should also be removed to preserve a well-managed hedge.